| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To assume a particular position, as for a portrait: pose, posture. See POSTURE. 2. To cause to take a sitting position. Also used with down: seat. See RISE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | sit on Informal. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check: burke, choke (back), gag, hold back, hold down, hush (up), muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle. See RESTRAINT.
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